Gov. Andrew Cuomo was first in line to greet Barack Obama as he stepped off Air Force One this morning in Buffalo, with a broad smile and what a reporter witnessing the event called “two hearty handshakes” and a quick bro-hug.

The president spent about a minute chatting with Cuomo’s three daughters: Michaela, 15, as well as 18-year-old twins Cara and Mariah, who are heading to Harvard and Brown in a few days. It’s unclear what they talked about, but the president smiled broadly and posed for a picture with the governor and girls before boarding “Ground Force One,” a giant black bus that will carry him across Upstate America during this two-day tour.

The Cuomo family was present for Obama’s speech at the University at Buffalo, where the governor worked the crowd along with SUNY Chancellor Nancy Zimpher. Cuomo did not speak or introduce the president, but Obama acknowledged his presence by saying “one of the finest governors in the country, your governor, Andrew Cuomo, is here.” In 2012, Cuomo gave a glowing introduction during an Obama visit to the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering in Albany.

The governor is not planning to join Obama on subsequent legs of his trip, gubernatorial aides said. But Obama will sit down for an exclusive broadcast interview with CNN’s Chris Cuomo, the governor’s younger brother, during the trip.

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